• JustJosh

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  Yeah, I can imagine this happening, but Mac's are more expensive so PC's dominate the cheaper markets.

  Posted 12/3/2008 respond (flag)

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Report: Windows market share dips below 90%
The Tech Report: News — ... — 6:00 AM on December 2, 2008 Less than 90% of the world's computers ran Windows last month, according to Net Applications market share data quoted by TG Daily —and that's possibly a first since the early 1990s. The Net Applications numbers reportedly say Windows secured 89.6% of the global PC market in November, down from 92.4% a year before, 94.2% in November 2006, and 96.4% in October 2004. In fact, TG Daily goes so far as to claim this year's 2.8-point share drop is the greatest "in the operating system's 23-year history." Yikes. This latest slip left Mac OS X with an ...

Windows Market Share Hits Lowest Point in 15 Years
Maximum PC — ... , and likewise, Windows market share has dropped to a 15-year low, according to market research firm Net Applications. But the similarities end there. While Windows market share is as low as it has been since Windows 3.11, Microsoft still dominates the landscape by claiming just under 90 percent. The problem for Microsoft, if it can be called that, is a steady decline since Net Applications started providing market share data in October 2004. At the time, Microsoft's market share was at 96.4 percent, then 95.5 percent in November 2005, 94.2 percent in November 206, and 92.4 ...

Windows marketshare slips under 90%
DV Hardware — ... New market share figures from Net Applications unveil Microsoft Windows' marketshare has dropped below 90 percent, a 15-year low. For the first time in its 23-year old history, Windows lost 2.8 percent of marketshare in just 12 months. ...

Windows Market-Share Falls Below 90% Mark, Hits 15 Year Low
techPowerUp! — ... Windows fell below the 90% mark, to 89.6%. This is a 15 year low in market share for the OS, according to market share data by Net Applications, sourced by TG Daily. The market share fell from its position same time, last year, at 92.4%. One of the prime movers of this figure is the growth in market share of Apple's Mac OS X at 8.87%, slightly over 2% growth from its market share last year. According to the same data, Linux is still below the 1% mark. Source: TG Daily